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J. CALDER CUNNINGHAM AND GEORGE A. CUNNINGHAM, OF WASHINGTON, JACKSON COUNTY, KANSAS.

LOW-BINDING .GRAIN-HARVESTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,219, dated March 16, 1886.

Application filed December 10, 1884. Serial No. 150,016. (No model.)-

.To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J. CALDER CUNNING- HAM and GEORGE A. CUNNINGHAM, both of Washington township, in the county of J ackson (P. 0., St. Marys, in the county of Pottawatomie) and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Low- Binding Grain-Harvesters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.-

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1, Sheet 1, is an elevation of the outer I 5 end of one of our improved harvesters, partly in section and part being broken away. Fig. 2, Sheet 2, is an elevation of the inner end of the same. Fig. 3, Sheet 3, is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 4, Sheet at, is a plan view.

of the same, parts being broken away.

The special object of this invention is to provide grain-harvesters constructed in such a manner that the grain can be bound without being elevated above the level of the platform.

2 5 A further object of the invention is to simplify the construction of grain-harvesters and promote convenience in controlling and operating the said harvesters.

The invention relates to a grain-harvester constructed with a long horizontal endless apron, a short horizontal endless apron, and a driving mechanism connected with the platform-frame, to receive the cut grain and deliver it at the outer end of the harvester and at a level with the platform. YVith the platform-frame, the drivewheel, and the supporting-wheels are connected standards, and a cross-bar, sliding uprights, a rack'bar, gearwheel, and shaft, and guide-pulleys and ropes,

40 whereby the said platform-frame can be readily raised or lowered. With the platform-frame, the cross-bar and its standard, and the casterwheel and its standard are connected a rackbar, a guide-block, a gear-wheel, and a lever and its spring lever-pawl and catcl1-bar,whereby the guides and cutters can be readily adj usted.

A represents the platform-frame, to the front of which is attached a finger-bar, B, having 5 guard-fingers C, and provided with a sicklebar, D, having cutters E working in the said fingers C.

To the front and rear bars of the frame A, near the inner end of the said frame, are attached rabbeted cleats F, forming T-grooves, in which slide the uprights G, having their side edges rabbeted to cause them to fit into the said T-grooves, as shown in Fig. 4. The uprights G are slotted longitudinally to receive guide-pins H, attached to the frame A, to strengthen the connection between the said uprights and frame. The upper ends of the uprights G are attached to a bar, I, placed above the frame A at a little distance from its outer end. 6 5

To the rear end of the bar I are attached the upper ends of two uprights, J, the lower ends of which are attached to the rear ends of two bars, K. The bars K are attached at their forward ends to the lower part of the rear upright G, and to the lower sides of their rear ends are attached bearings L, in which revolve the journals of the drive-wheel M. The face of the drive-wheel M is provided with corrugations or teeth to prevent it from slipping upon the ground, and the said corrugations are inclined, as shown in Fig. 8, to hold the said wheel against the side draft.

To the outer corners of the frame A are attached the ends of two wire ropes, N, or other suitable connections, which pass up through apertures in the bar I, pass over guide-pulleys O, pivoted to supports attached to the bar I, and are attached at their upper ends to the large pulley P, jonrnaled to bearings Q, attached to the bar I.

To one of the journals of the pulley l is at tached a lever, R, which is provided with a springlever-pawl, S, to engage with a catchbar, T, attached to the bar I, or to the bearo ing Q, and hold the said lever secnrelyin any position into which it may be adjusted. Vith this construction by operating the lever B to turn the pulley in one direction, the wire ropes N will be wound upon the said pulley, and the inner end of the frame A will be raised, and by turning the said pulley in the other direction the said ropes will be unwound from the said pulley and the inner end of the said frame will be lowered. 10o

To the rear upright G is attached, or upon it is formed, a rack, U, into the teeth of which mesh the teeth of a small gear-wheel, V, attached to the shaft W. The shaft \V is j ournaled to brackets X, attached to the frame A, so that the said shaft V will be carried up and down by and with the said frame, and will be revolved by the contact of the teeth of the gear-wheel V with the teeth of the rack U.

To the inner end of the shaft IV is attached a large pulley, Y, to which is attached the end of a wire rope, Z, or other flexible connection. The wire rope Z passes around the lower side of a guide-pulley, a, pivoted to a bracket, 1), attached to the end of the frame A, and passes over a guide-pulley, c, pivoted to the upper part of the upright d, and to a bracket, 6, attached to the said upright. The other end of the wire rope Z is attached to the end bar of the frame A. The bracket b is slotted to receive the fastening-bolt, so that it can be readily adjusted to regulate the tautness of the wire rope Z. The side edges of the upright 11 are rabbeted to engage with the rabbeted edges of the cleats f, attached to the end bar of the frame A. The upright (Z is slotted longitudinally to receive a guide-pin, 9, attached to the end bar of the frame A, to strengthen the connection between the said upright and frame, and cause them to work squarely upon each other. The lower end of the upright d is attached to the inner end of the axle h, upon which revolves the wheel 1', that carries the inner end of the harvester. By this construction the harvester-platform will be moved up and down squarelywhen the lever B {is operated. The outer journal of the drive-wheel M projects, and upon its outer end is placed a loose chain-wheel, j, with which engages the clutch is, sliding upon the said journal and held out against the said chain-wheel by a spring, Z, placed .upon the said journal, and resting against the bearing of the journal or a washer placed upon the journal and resting against the said bearing.

Around the clutch 7c is formed an annular groove to receive the forked end of the lever V m, which is pivoted to an arm or bracket, n,

attached to the outer upright, J. The upper arm of the lever m projects above the bar I, and is held outward when the clutch in is out of gear with the chain-wheel by the latch 0, which is pivoted to the said bar I, and is swung outward to engage with the said lever.

Around the chain-wheel j passes an endless chain, which also passes around a chainwheel, q, revolving upon a gudgeon, 1', attached to an arm, 8, secured to the frame A.

lVith the chain-wheel q is rigidly connected a beveled gear-wheel,-t, the teeth of which mesh into the teeth of a smaller beveled gearwheel, a, attached to the projecting rear journal of the outer roller, 0. The rollers 11 are journaled to the rear and front bars of the frame A, and around them passes an endless apron, 10, which forms the floor of the platform and receives and carries off the cut grain as it falls upon the platform.

To the endless apron w are attached cleats w, to cause the said endless apron to carry the cut grain forward with certainty.

To the forward end of the outer roller, 11, is attached a chain-wheel, y, around which passes the endless chain z. The lower part of the endless chain z passes over a chain-wheel, 1, attached to the projecting forward journal of the inner roller, 2, so that the said roller will be revolved by the movement of the said endless chain z. The rollers 2 are journaled to supports or bearings 3, attached to the front and rear bars of the frame A, and around the said rollers passes an endless apron, 4, to which are attached cross-cleats 5, to prevent the said endless apron 4 from sliding over the cut grain. WVith this construction the cut grain is carried to the outer end of the harvester by and between the two endless aprons w x and 4 5, and is delivered upon the ground or upon a binding-table attached to the said outer end. The inner part of the short upper endless apron, 4 5, is covered by a board, 6, which also serves to strengthen in position the supports or bearings 3 for the said endless apron 4 5. The endless chain .2 also passes around a chain-wheel, 7, which revolves upon a gudgeon, 8, attached to a wide standard or reel-post, 9, attached at its lower end to the front bar of the frame A.

With the chain-wheel 7 is rigidly connected a beveled gear-wheel, 10, the teeth of which mesh into the teeth of the beveled gear-wheel 11, which revolves upon a gudgeon, 12, at tached to the reel-post 9.

WVith the beveled gear-wheel. 11 is rigidly connected a chain-wheel, 13, around which passes an endless chain, 14. The endless chain 14 also passes around a chain-wheel,15,pivoted to a pin, 16, which passes through the slotted upper end of the reel-post 9.

\Vith the chain-wheel15 is rigidly connected a chain-wheel, 17, around which passes an endless chain,18. The endless chain 18 also passes around a chain-wheel, 19, attached to the end of the reel-shaft 20, which revolves in a long bearing in the wide forward end of the lever 21. The wide forward end of the lever 21 passes through a slot in the upper end of the reel-post 9, and is pivoted to the pin 16, passing through the said slotted end of the said reel-post. The rear arm of the lever 21 passes through a slot in the curved catch-bar 22, the ends of which are attached to the upper and lower parts of the rear side of the reel-post 9, and which serves as a brace to strengthen the said lever against lateral movement.

In the convex side of the catch-bar 22 are formed teeth 23,with which engages the pawl 24, pivoted to the side of the lever 21. The pawl 24 is held down against the teeth 23 by a spring, 25, attached to the lever 21, and which rests upon the said pawl.

To the forward part of the pawl 24 is attached a pin, 26, to whichis pivoted the forward end of the bar 27. The bar 27 rests and slides upon the upper side of the lever 21, and is kept in place by a link, 28, pivoted to it and to the said lever, or by other suitable guides or keepers. The outer end of the sliding bar 27 has a projection, knob, or other suitable handle formed upon or attached to it for convenience in operating the said bar to withdraw the pawl 24 from the catch-teeth 23, to allow the lever 21 to be operated to raise and lower the reel as the height of the grain may require.

The reel-shaft is provided with arms 29 and bars 30 in the ordinary manner.

To the front of the frame A, at theinner and outer ends of the cutter-bar B, are attached inclined wings or guides 31 32, to cause the out grain to fall squarely upon the endless apron w, and to the rear part of the said frame A is attached an inclined guard-plate, 33, to prevent the cut grain from coming in contact with and being wound around the shaft W and thus clogging the machine.

The front of the machineis supported by the caster-wheel 34,which is journaled to the inclined and slotted lower end of the standard 35. The caster-wheel stan dard35 passes up through and turns freely in a longitudinal perforation in the rack-bar 36, and is kept from dropping out of the said rack-bar by a pin or other suitable fastening attached to the upper end of the said standard. The rack-bar 36 slides up and down in alongitudinal perforation in the guideblock 37, attached to theforwardly-projecting end of the bar I. The rear upper part of the guide-block 37 is slotted to receive the forward part of the gearwheel 38 and allow the teeth of the said gear-wheel to mesh into theteeth of the rack-bar 36, so that the front of the machine can be readily raised and lowered to adjust the guards and cutters farther from or closer to the ground, as circumstances may require. The gear-wheel 38is journaled tobearings 39, attached to the bar I, and to one of its journals is attached a lever, 40, for convenience in operating the said gear-wheel. The lever 40 is provided with a spring lever-pawl, 41, to engage with the teeth of a catch-bar, 42, attached to the bar I to hold the said lever in any position into which it may be adjusted.

To the outer forward part of the front of the machine are attached hounds 43, to which is hinged the tongue 44, by means of which the said machine is drawn and guided.

The use of the hinged tongue 44 prevents any of the weight of the harvester from coming on the necks of the horses, the harvester being fully supported independent of the tongue.

To the bar I, a little in the rear of its middle part, is attached the lower end of a standard, 45, to the upper end of which is attached the drivers seat 46.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a grain-harvester, the combination, with the platform-frame A, the drive-wheel M, and the supporting-wheels v3 34, of the standards and cross-bar J I, the sliding uprights G (Z, the rack-bar U, pinion V, and shaft W, and the pulleys and ropes O P N and Y a 0 Z, and the lever It, spring lever-pawl S, and catchbar T, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said platform-frame can be readily raised and lowered, as set forth.

2. In a grain-harvester, the combination, with the platform-frame A, the cross-bar I, standard J, caster-wheel 34, standard 35, of the rack-bar 36, the guide-block 37, the pinion 38, the lever 40, spring lever-pawl 41, and catchbar 42, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the guards and cutter can be readily adjusted, as set forth.

J. CALDER CUNNINGHAM. GEORGE A. CUNNINGHAM.

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J. 13. P. DEMARAIS, A. URBANSKY. 

